To:J. V. STALIN

Written:Written on November 20, 1921Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 54.

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      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeStalin:

Willyou let me have a copy of your reply to Chicherin?
I think he is
right.[1]

20/XI.Lenin

[1]Writtenunder the text of G. V. Chicherin’s letter to J. V. Stalin
of November 19, 1921, in which Chicherin said that the
Soviet state should not confine itself to giving political supportto the national liberation movement in the East, but should
help the young national states to develop their economy and
train their personnel. Pointing to the positive results of this
policy in respect of Afghanistan, Mongolia and Persia, Chicherin
suggested the same policy in respect of Turkey.